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Maintenance Mechanic – Food & Packaging
Central Mississauga
$38.00 – $45.00 / hour (based on experience)

Straight Shift Options:
Day (7:00 AM – 3:30 PM),
Afternoon (3:00 PM – 11:30 PM),
Night (11:00 PM – 7:30 AM)

A leading, long-standing commercial food manufacturer in central Mississauga is seeking an experienced Maintenance Mechanic to join their team.
This role is centered around keeping high-volume food processing and packaging lines running smoothly through effective mechanical troubleshooting, root-cause repair, and preventive maintenance.

Advantages
Competitive Compensation: Earn $38.00 – $45.00+ / hour (based on experience) with steady year-round hours and overtime availability.

Shift Flexibility: Choose a schedule that fits your life with dedicated Straight Days, Straight Afternoons, or Straight Nights (no mandatory rotating night shifts).

Stable, Essential Industry: Join a long-standing, expanding commercial food manufacturer with job security and permanent full-time placement.

Hands-On Variety: Work on a diverse mix of mechanical drives, high-speed packaging machinery, and custom food processing equipment where your troubleshooting skills are truly valued.

Comprehensive Benefits: Full health and dental coverage package plus paid vacation.

Responsibilities
Mechanical Breakdown Repair: Diagnose and repair mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic faults on food production and automated packaging machinery.

Preventive Maintenance: Execute regular PM schedules on conveyors, mixers, high-heat ovens, topping applicators, and packaging line equipment to prevent unexpected downtime.

General Maintenance: Perform mechanical tear-downs, component replacements (gearboxes, motors, pumps, belts, bearings), and minor electrical troubleshooting (sensors, switches, basic controls).

Safety & Compliance: Maintain strict adherence to GMP, HACCP, and Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures.

Qualifications
Food Industry Experience: 3+ years of maintenance experience inside a food, beverage, or commercial packaging plant (Mandatory).

Troubleshooting Expertise: Strong, proven diagnostic skills on mechanical drives, chain/belt systems, pneumatics, and high-speed packaging lines.

Licensing: 433A Millwright License is preferred but NOT required — unlicenced mechanics with strong hands-on food industry experience are encouraged to apply.

Work Ethic: Ability to work independently under production timelines with a strong safety mindset.

Summary
For a confidential conversation regarding this role, please reach out directly:

Sarah Dinis Staffing Manager Skilled Trades & Industrial Management Randstad Canada

Email: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sarah-dinis

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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